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Old 07-28-2010, 11:29 AM
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the front auto hubs on my K5 don t seem to want to lock in. When I bought the truck,I had to re do a lot of jobs on it that the guy before me just bodged,so i suspect these are not right in some way.when i remove the cover,there is a large spring held in place by a spring clip on the end of the axle,and then you can remove the locking hub in one large piece by removing a spring clip from around the outside of it.does all this sound familiar? Any thoughts guys? The truck is a M1009 that has been repaired I know with incorrect parts for this model,due I suspect to the inavailability of the right spares in this country. Cheers guys
 
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Sounds about right. Replace the auto-hubs with manual Warn or MileMarker hubs.
 
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Old 09-13-2010, 06:03 AM
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thanks for the reply,after reading other posts on this subject i have decided to replace them with manual ones,any ideas where i might order some from and if i do is there a specific part number for the hubs i need.

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